Wraxall is a village in North Somerset, England, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Bristol.

The origin of the name Wraxall, which is shared with other villages in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset, is thought to be "a nook of land frequented by buzzards".

The 6 feet (1.8 m) diameter wheel, which was built before 1885 and is housed in a small brick building, is used as a water pump.

[6] An area known as "The Rocks" stretches north from the Battleaxes to Failand, its many quarries being the source of some of the local building stone (oolitic conglomerate).

[1] Failand once had a chapel of ease, but now has the Victorian church of St Bartholomew; the village is relatively modern.

The Battleaxes free house, which was previously known as the Widdicombe Arms, was built in 1838 and is a grade II listed building.

[9] Children at Wraxall School were given the day off to see the spectacle of the tree being craned and transported to Watercress Farm where it was burned for a large barbecue.

The large churchyard contains several monuments to the Tynte family which gave its name to the nearby Tyntesfield Estate.

To the south east of the churchyard, next door to the village blacksmith, Wraxall once had a public house called "Remember Lot's Wife.

[19] During the 1940s "Tyntesfield Camp" was built as an American hospital (situated in the pastures of what is now Belmont Estate) with a vast network of centrally-heated hot-water radiators.

Across the road from this was the village blacksmith, and nearby were the stocks and whipping post, for centuries the site of the annual "Stumps Fair".

[23] On the southern side of the B3130 road, opposite the old American Hospital, a natural spring was captured to create a cold bathing pond, in around 1890.

This zoo has a large collection of animals and offers hands-on experience and children's play areas.

[25][26][27] It has been the subject of animal cruelty allegations on more than one occasion,[28] and now has to undergo six-monthly inspections by an independent veterinary surgeon.

The event was previously held at Ashton Court, until the mid-1990s, when the show committee moved it to its current location.